THREE SENTENCED IN USD20 MILLION BERTLING ANGOLA OIL CASE

Three former senior employees of German logistics giant the FH Bertling group were sentenced at London’s Southwark Crown Court on October 20 for their part in a USD20 million Angola oil corruption case. Joerg Blumberg, Dirk Juergensen and Marc Schweiger, respectively the former group CFO, managing director of the UK subsidiary and manager responsible for the Africa market, each received a 20-month sentence, suspended for two years; a GBP20,000 fine, payable within three months, with a one-year default sentence for non-payment; and were disqualified from being ...


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